ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN SEPTEMBER
Saints celebrated on the 18th of September
Prayer to the Angels and the Saints
Heavenly Father, in praising Your Angels and Saints we praise Your glory, for by honouring them we honour You, their Creator. Their splendour shows us Your greatness, which infinitely surpasses that of all creation.
In Your loving providence, You saw fit to send Your Angels to watch over us. Grant that we may always be under their protection and one day enjoy their company in heaven.
Heavenly Father, You are glorified in Your Saints, for their glory is the crowning of Your gifts. You provide an example for us by their lives on earth, You give us their friendship by our communion with them, You grant us strength and protection through their prayer for the Church, and You spur us on to victory over evil and the prize of eternal glory by this great company of witnesses.
Grant that we who aspire to take part in their joy may be filled with the Spirit that blessed their lives, so that, after sharing their faith on earth, we may also experience their peace in heaven. Amen.
BL. DAUDI OKELO AND BL. JILDO IRWA, MARTYRS
Blessed Daudi Okelo converted at about age fifteen. He was a Catechist with Blessed Jildo Irwa, who converted at age eleven. Local chiefs demanded that the two of them stop teaching the Gospel; they refused and were stabbed to death for their steadfastness in Christ. Martyred in 1918 in Palamuku, Uganda, they were beatified by Pope John Paul II (decree of martyrdom) on April 23, 2002.
PRAYER:
Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that we who know how courageously your blessed Martyrs Daudi Okelo and Jildo Irwa have confessed the faith, may experience their goodness as they intercede for us with you. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever. Amen.
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